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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 1:58 pm 
Wow! Thank you.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 3:47 pm
Kar, look at cocoons.com.
I use their sunglasses over my regular glasses and they do have the yellow night vision ones. I don't have those so no idea if they help, but I love my sunglasses 😎.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 3:48 pm
Silhouettes are very light!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 3:56 pm
I've been doing some reading and in studies they show that the yellow night vision glasses may actually make it worse. 
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 4:18 pm
Really? Lol. I have been using them for years and they definitely help for me. I bought them in a MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op) if I recall they are meant for climbers, etc who need to reduce glare while keeping detail. Will have to do some research, even though I see a positive effect maybe there is something else will work even better?
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 4:38 pm
Mrs Mack (Carey) and I both have been wearing Silhouettes for years. I wear them all the time as I’ve never liked contacts. Carey wears hers as a break from her contacts or when her allergies are bugging her eyes. We both love the look and the light weight.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 7:07 pm
I thought the cataract surgery would cure my night vision, but it almost seems worse. Both Bigdog and I see spider webs around bright lights at night now, but it has settled down quite a bit. I bought a pair of the yellow glasses to see if they would lessen the spider webs. They did not, for either me or Bigdog.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 7:28 pm
I’ll look into those silhouettes. My dog eats all my glasses bc she’s likes to chomp down on the frames.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 8:30 pm
I love mine! I have had them refilled with prescription changes an even had the nose bridge replaced.
Lots of people on tv, talking heads, have them (except some have gone to fashionable statement glasses recently)
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Colordeagua
Member
10-24-2003
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 9:58 pm
Gayle King on CBS This Morning must have MANY frames. Her frames almost always coordinate with colors she's wearing.
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Chewpito
Member
01-03-2004
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 11:06 pm
https://abc7news.com/unable-to-see-one-scary-night-on-the-trail-/5252731/
This is for you Dogdoc'... I had a dream about loosing my glasses while lost' super scary..
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, November 17, 2019 - 11:13 pm
She can afford many frames.
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Jimmer
Board Administrator
08-29-2000
| Monday, November 18, 2019 - 7:49 am
Silhouettes were the best glasses I ever owned. Comfortable and lightweight. They looked flimsy to me but they were amazingly durable.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, November 18, 2019 - 7:53 am
Dogdoc, I remember being terrified of my house catching fire at night because I was so blind without my glasses. It's a feeling that really is hard to shake even after all these years (that and automatically closing your eyes everytime somebody splashes you because when you are a contact lens wearer you were afraid they would get washed out...LOL!).
I remember well walking into a fast food restaurant after my RK surgery with my parents (starving because of course you don't eat before the surgery) and being able to read the menu board. My mother cried because that had never happened before.
I'm really looking forward to the cataract surgery because I feel like my vision worsens by the day. I may try to move up my appointment with the surgeon and see if I can get one of them done before the end of the year.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, November 18, 2019 - 8:33 am
Thank you Chewpito for the hiker story.
The world was a blur before my surgery.
I could see ok as long as I had my contacts in or glasses on.
Roxip, yes it is scary when you need glass to get around.
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Dovez
Member
08-27-2005
| Monday, November 18, 2019 - 10:04 am
I’m so glad I saw this discussion. I have been without vision in my right eye since June when I had an accident and poked through the lens of my right eye. Now I’m waiting for a superduper new lens which my surgeon hopes to be available in late December or January. He wants me to wait for the surgery for this particular Swiss created lens because he took special Interest in my lifestyle which is rather active -despite the stroke -and the fact that I am an artist Who needs the ability to see detail and perspective. I’m so grateful that he took the time to get to know me instead of immediately jumping into surgery but I’m having to change a prescription every month just to see vague outlines.
The real pain however is in my neck because I keep having to look down to see where my feet are going. Feet seem to need some sort of guidance. Who knew.
It’s been a very interesting few months.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, November 18, 2019 - 1:42 pm
Dovez, keep us up on how this works for you! I would say interesting is the least of it!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, November 18, 2019 - 7:16 pm
Wow. Hope the new lens lives up to its potential, and all goes well.
Just curious, is your good eye not taking over and compensating as best it can? When I had the macular hole, that started happening almost immediately. Although, yes, you do lose depth perception when you only have one eye.
Oh! I just checked my reading with the repaired hole. I can almost read the script on my 22" computer monitor with the bad eye! Well, I CAN read it, just have to use a bit of peripheral vision. I think it is continuing to improve three and a half years after surgery. And it is amazing to use binoculars. It is like that eye is perfect.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, November 19, 2019 - 7:47 am
Dovez, I am so sorry about your eye injury. I pray that your new lens makes a huge difference. Please let us know how it goes!
Amazing - you take things for granted, but once one part is injured the rest of your body gets all out of sorts - even your feet!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, November 19, 2019 - 9:39 am
One of my friends lost the vision in one eye due to a fall. He finds that an eye patch over the lost eye helps a lot.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, November 23, 2019 - 8:22 am
I've been blind in my left eye since birth. The eye looks normal but the optic nerve is dead. No glasses can fix a dead nerve.
ok, That wasn't the reason I posted. I was wondering if you guys think this is a good frame/mat color combo for the colors of the painting in it. I'm trying to get Mom's Christmas gift together.
btw, not a real photo. Just a digital creation of one of the options I am considering. My favorite so far.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Saturday, November 23, 2019 - 8:24 am
I like the blue mat but I think a black frame would look better.
They would bring out the colors of the middle bird.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, November 23, 2019 - 12:10 pm
Naja, what sort of frames does your mom already have on her walls?
I would prefer a dark non wood frame on that, but if she already has sold frames, this certainly looks good.
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Eyes.. I wonder since you never had vision in that she if your brain just knew about it. The friend who fell and wrecked the eye is late 70s or early 80s and his brain seems to handle this better with the eye patch.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Saturday, November 23, 2019 - 12:52 pm
Ok, here are some more choices.
Black frame
White frame
Gold Frame
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, November 23, 2019 - 1:07 pm
I agree with Dogdoc. I like the black best.
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